Aware that there are several other threads that talks about MinimServer tweaks to a certain extend and of course there is MinimServers link as well together with the online
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True, the tweaks in Minimserver set, are maily for the other DLNA renderers and controllers (such as the Beoliving app). The Moment does not pick up the other tweaks which present ones collection better and make accessing artists, albums, tracks easier.Also, recall that Moment is fairly limited to what it picks up from the DLNA tags based on the audio files (mp3/FLAC) and some of the nice tweaks that MinimServer has in the documentation doesn't really fly with Moment.
Still the Moment works fine with Minimserver.
But some tweaks done also works fine for the Moment. For example I did set the transcode option to convert DSF files to WAV24;96 (24bit; 96kHz). Then I can play SACD ripped files directly to the Moment.
In principle I think this should work. Have to look into it though. Note: the artists show up nicely in the Beoliving app with Minimserver.Also, based on the current MinimServer v2.x, did anyone manage to get the Artist image to work out or is this still only working with Twonky using 'beoartists' folder. Was this ever picked up and can be used with MinimServer or are there other tricks?
I used a trick to get the artists visible in the Moment. But that has nothing to do with Minimserver.
But some tweaks done also works fine for the Moment. For example I did set the transcode option to convert DSF files to WAV24;96 (24bit; 96kHz). Then I can play SACD ripped files directly to the Moment.
If you converted the DSF 5.1 audio files to WAV 2.0 why didn't you opt for FLAC 2.0 - Any particular reason?
actually, if possible I ripped SACD as well in 2.0 as 5.1.So the Moment is only fed with DSF 2.0.Flac would also be possible, but why 2 “conversions”.Note: I rip if possible to a native formats. For example I’m used to rip CD’s to WAV files.If you converted the DSF 5.1 audio files to WAV 2.0 why didn't you opt for FLAC 2.0 - Any particular reason?
Don't need to be any additional conversions steps, for example dBpoweramp, would support direct conversion of SACD to FLAC. Hence why I was wondering :-)
Circling back to MinimServer, which works absolutely fine with Moment as indicated and suggested in lots of other threads in this forum. About the BEOARTISTS folder which is setup in Twonky through the Photo Album which I realise that MinimServer doesn't support and would needed to be implemented which I doubt would happen. Then again, is this something that has been raised as a possible workaround with
Additional question about the Moment then together with MinimServer; does it still make sense to enable Export Mode?
SeeAbout the BEOARTISTS folder which is setup in Twonky through the Photo Album which I realise that MinimServer doesn't support and would needed to be implemented which I doubt would happen. Then again, is this something that has been raised as a possible workaround with
The Artist pictures are added to Minimserver and are shown in the Beoliving app.
For the moment they will not be show in the Moment, because they are not in the right Moment Expert-Mode directory. I never figured it out ........ nor tested it. But you made me curious if it is possible.
The Artist pictures are added to Minimserver and are shown in the Beoliving app.For the moment they will not be show in the Moment, because they are not in the right Moment Export-Mode directory. I never figured it out ........ nor tested it. But you made me curious if it is possible.
Only using the Bang & Olufsen android app on my side, but the Khimo BeoLiving looks nice. But, about the Twonky Photo hack won't work since MinimServer doesn't support photo handling. But, if MinimServer would support that the folder, indexArtwork, would be possible to be deployed as beoartists including as dlna media; well then it would work else not.
You can rename the indexArtwork folder to BEOARTISTS with artworkFolder command.But, if MinimServer would support that the folder, indexArtwork, would be possible to be deployed as beoartists including as dlna media; well then it would work else not.
Minimserver scans and work fine/correct with this directory name. But the Moment doesn't pick up the Artists yet.
The question is: does the Moment use a dedicated directory for the Artist photo's or does it pick up the info from the scanned/indexed DLNA server?
maybe Lyle Clacke can comment: how are the Artist pictures selected in Expert Mode?
The Moment relies on a DLNA photo service that Minimserver does not offer, as simple as that.I suggested to Lyle to allow choosing another DLNA server for photo instead of defaulting to the same than for the Music, but unfortunately we all know what happened to Moment development.The question is: does the Moment use a dedicated directory for the Artist photo's or does it pick up the info from the scanned/indexed DLNA server?
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